So you want to be a journalist? Or perhaps you have been asked to write a newspaper article for an assignment. Whatever the case, you need to know how to write interesting newspaper articles.
Think about interesting articles that you have read in a newspaper, magazine, or online. Analyse those articles and work out what makes them interesting.
Before you start writing, you need to think carefully about what you are going to write about. Perhaps you have been given a topic, but often journalists are expected to come up with their own stories. The best articles are usually those which reflect the writer’s interests. You will also need to do some background research into your topic. This could include interviewing local people (or even celebrities if you can gain access to them).
You should get quotes that you can use to flesh out your article. Try to find people who hold strong opinions about the topic you are going to write about. Be sure to ask permission to publish their comments. Either record the interviews or write down what is said. If you do that you are unlikely to misquote an interviewee.
You might want to interview a local person who has done something newsworthy, for example, a local sporting personality who has just won an Olympic medal. You can interview someone in a variety of ways. There’s no one formula that must be followed. You can conduct a formal or informal interview., whichever you or your interviewee is most comfortable with. You might need to write down the questions you are going to ask and run them past the interviewee before the interview. Before the article is finished, get the interviewees approval.
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